The Holderness School, a prep school in Holderness, N.H., surrounded by New Hampshire’s lakes and White Mountains, has a high-end hockey team that had a handful of players from Colorado this season.

Forward Mikey Delaney (Denver) joined fellow forward Sawyer Graubins and defensemen Tegan Gregory (Aurora), Brody Nies (Centennial) and Henry Prowse (Edwards) on the 2025-26 varsity squad.

Graubins is a Minnesota native that played for the Colorado Thunderbirds during his youth hockey career.

Holderness varsity coach Alan Thompson, also a 2004 Holderness graduate, chimed in on what each player brings to his team.

“Delaney is a smooth player,” Thompson said. “Very skilled stick handler and really good poise with the puck on his stick. He is our first power play quarterback and also our first-line left wing as a junior.”

Back home, Delaney played for the Rocky Mountain RoughRiders and Okanagan Hockey Colorado.

“Nies is one of our top offensive defensemen,” said Thompson. “He led all defensemen in scoring for our fall season with the Islanders Hockey Club (18U AAA). He was injured for the first few weeks of our Holderness season, but came back for the Christmas tournament and he is producing a point per game. Really good shot from the point.”

In Colorado, Nies also skated for the RoughRiders and Okanagan.

Prowse is a player Thompson called “our best defensive-minded defenseman.”

“Really good defensive stick, good size, hard to beat 1 on 1 because of his ability to angle guys out, keep strong gaps, and his stick positioning,” Thompson said.

Prior to prep school, Prowse played for the RoughRiders, Boulder Hockey Club, Arvada Hockey Association and Monarch High School.

“Gregory is fleet of foot, a very agile skater and loves jumping up in the rush,” said Thompson. “He quarterbacks our second power play unit and creates a lot of offense from the blue line.”

Gregory donned the colors of the Littleton Hawks in his youth hockey days.

Thompson said Graubins is agile and “has quick feet.”

“Arguably our strongest skater for the first three steps,” said Thompson. “Great edgework. He creates a lot of scoring opportunities with his speed and vision. He is our first-line right wing as a post-grad.”

Holderness competes in the New England Prep School Athletic Conference, playing a 35-game schedule against top competition in the region.

Photo/Max Paro

— Matt Mackinder

(April 4, 2026)